title: Anorexia nervosa in an 80-year-old woman.
abstract: A woman aged 80 years had suffered with anorexia nervosa in adolescence and the condition was rekindled after 50 years of remission. The remission was seen in the light of affective disorder and a chronic grief reaction.
authors.affiliation: St George's Hospital Medical School, London.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gowers
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Crisp
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010553:Personality Development; D012931:Social Environment